diff --git a/basis/locals/locals-docs.factor b/basis/locals/locals-docs.factor
index 748c206cc0..3dfc17c081 100644
--- a/basis/locals/locals-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/locals/locals-docs.factor
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ HELP: [wlet
 
 HELP: ::
 { $syntax ":: word ( bindings... -- outputs... ) body... ;" }
-{ $description "Defines a word with named inputs; it reads stack values into bindings from left to right, then executes the body with those bindings in lexical scope. Any " { $link POSTPONE: [| } ", " { $link POSTPONE: [let } " or " { $link POSTPONE: [wlet } " forms used in the body of the word definition are automatically closure-converted." }
+{ $description "Defines a word with named inputs; it reads stack values into bindings from left to right, then executes the body with those bindings in lexical scope." }
 { $notes "The output names do not affect the word's behavior, however the compiler attempts to check the stack effect as with other definitions." }
 { $examples "See " { $link POSTPONE: [| } ", " { $link POSTPONE: [let } " and " { $link POSTPONE: [wlet } "." } ;
 
diff --git a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
index 905cd87903..2b7de36d56 100755
--- a/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
+++ b/core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
@@ -573,12 +573,12 @@ $nl
 } ;
 
 HELP: initial:
-{ $syntax "TUPLE: ... { \"slot\" initial: value } ... ;" }
+{ $syntax "TUPLE: ... { slot initial: value } ... ;" }
 { $values { "slot" "a slot name" } { "value" "any literal" } }
 { $description "Specifies an initial value for a tuple slot." } ;
 
 HELP: read-only
-{ $syntax "TUPLE: ... { \"slot\" read-only } ... ;" }
+{ $syntax "TUPLE: ... { slot read-only } ... ;" }
 { $values { "slot" "a slot name" } }
 { $description "Defines a tuple slot to be read-only. If a tuple has read-only slots, instances of the tuple should only be created by calling " { $link boa } ", instead of " { $link new } ". Using " { $link boa } " is the only way to set the value of a read-only slot." } ;